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Russia Warns Of East Ukraine Invasion
Topic Started: Mar 14 2014, 11:10 AM (419 Views)
Zechariah
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Russia Warns Of East Ukraine Invasion To "Defend Compatriots", EU Threatens Gazprom, Rosneft CEOs With Visa Ban

While Russia has been massively piling up troops next to Ukraine's eastern border, one thing that was missing to allow the crossing of the border was a provocation, aka the proverbial spark to give Moscow the green light to "defend" Russian citizens in the East. It may have just gotten that last night, when as previously reported, clashes in the eastern city of Donetsk between pro-Ukraine and pro-Russian civilians turned lethal, killing at least one person and dozens injured.

Needless to say, this escalation was just the green light Russia needed. As Reuters reports, the Russian Foreign Ministry, responding to the death of at least one protester in Ukraine's eastern city of Donetsk, repeated President Vladimir Putin's declaration of the right to invade to protect Russian citizens and "compatriots".

"Russia is aware of its responsibility for the lives of compatriots and fellow citizens in Ukraine and reserves the right to take people under its protection," it said. Curiously, organizers of the anti-Moscow demonstration said the dead man was from their group. That, however, is irrelevant, and in the fog of war, when tank batalions enter a country to "defend" select citizens, mistake are made.

A Reuters reporting team watched a Russian warship unload trucks, troops and at least one armored personnel carrier at Kazachaya bay near Sevastopol on Friday morning. Trucks drove off a ramp from the Yamal 156, a large landing ship that can carry more than 300 troops and up to a dozen APCs.

As also reported before, the key event in the coming days is the Crimean referendum whether to join Russia. Which is why a doomed last ditch diplomatic scramble has seen John Kerry rush to London where he later today he will meet Russian foreign minister Lavrov in a final attempt to diffuse the situation. The attempt will fail.

Summarizing it best, or perhaps just waking from a month-long nap, was the Estonian defense minister, Urmas Reinsalum who suddenly appears agitated to quite agitated:

PUTIN IS PREPARING TO INVADE EASTERN UKRAINE: ESTONIAN DEF MIN
UKRAINE EVENTS CLEARLY SHOW RUSSIA ONLY ACCEPTS FORCE: ESTONIAN DEF MIN

Hardly anyone is surprised there...

But perhaps the biggest news so far this morning is that the EU is considering visa bans to 13 Russian politicians and industry leaders, which according to Germany's Bild, include the headest hocnho of all: Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller. From Reuters:

Visa bans threatened by the European Union and United States should Crimea vote to join Russia in a referendum would target at least 13 Russian politicians and industry leaders including Vladimir Putin's close aides, Germany's Bild newspaper reported.

The visa ban list includes Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, head of the presidential administration Sergei Ivanov, the secretary of the National Security Council Nikolai Patrushev, as well as several of Putin's advisors, Bild said in an advance copy of a report to be published on Saturday. The report cited diplomatic sources in Brussels and Washington.

Visa bans could also be slapped on the chief executive of Russian energy firm Gazprom Alexei Miller, and Igor Sechin, head of Russia's top crude oil producer Rosneft .

Remember, it is all about the gas. And if Europe "forces" Russia's hand by denying Gazprom free access, then Gazprom will have no choice but to retaliate. At that point all bets are off.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-03-14/russia-warns-east-ukraine-invasion-defend-compatriots-eu-threatens-gazprom-rosneft-c
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So Russian control of all Ukraine by the end of next week?
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Mar 15 2014, 03:21 AM
So Russian control of all Ukraine by the end of next week?
We'll have to wait and see on that one Snidely, my man. ;)
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Putin is definitely letting the world know that the Russians can and will exercise power and nobody betta fuck with 'em.
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Mar 15 2014, 03:33 AM
Putin is definitely letting the world know that the Russians can and will exercise power and nobody betta fuck with 'em.
like the dude kenny said, let russia touch a nato country. i liken putin's attack on the ukraine like america attacking puerto rico.
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Mar 15 2014, 03:33 AM
Putin is definitely letting the world know that the Russians can and will exercise power and nobody betta fuck with 'em.
That seems to be the case. ;)
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It's a... What do they call it in the movies?

A pissing contest.

We need an umbrella. :P
Edited by VoiceofReason, Mar 16 2014, 10:49 AM.
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like the dude kenny said, let russia touch a nato country. i liken putin's attack on the ukraine like america attacking puerto rico.

Hahahah!! That's about right.
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Whozthatgurl
Mar 16 2014, 07:33 PM
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like the dude kenny said, let russia touch a nato country. i liken putin's attack on the ukraine like america attacking puerto rico.

Hahahah!! That's about right.



The fake fuccery in this thread, is Epic, as Obama continues to carry on as if Ukraine is as important as any NATO nation no doubt indeed:


White House rejects results of Crimea referendum as Obama, Putin talk again

Sunday, March 16 2014


President Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke after residents of Ukraine’s Crimea region on Sunday voted in favor of seceding to Russia, with the White House saying it would reject the results of the referendum held “under threats of violence and intimidation.”

More than 95 percent of Crimea voters, who are largely ethnic Russians, approved splitting off and joining Russia, with more than 50 percent of the ballots being counted, the referendum committee said late Sunday.

The expected results came as Obama told Putin that a diplomatic solution can still be achieved but only if Russian military forces end their incursions into Ukrainian territory.

Obama also said the referendum would “never” be recognized by the international community and that the United States and its European partners are prepared to “impose additional costs” on Russia for its actions, according to the White House.

Hours earlier, the White House rejected the referendum results before the final tally, which was no surprise. But the message that Russia had intimidated voters was remarkable in its force and clarity, especially after weeks of criticism that Obama was being outmatched by Putin on the world stage.

“Russia’s actions are dangerous and destabilizing,” said the White House, in a statement from the Office of the Press Secretary.

The remarks were echoed across Washington, which is shifting its focus to deterring possible Russian military advances elsewhere in Ukraine.

Putin sent troops into the neighboring region days after Ukraine's pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych was ousted last month in a political uprising.

“The United States has steadfastly supported the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine since it declared its independence in 1991,” the White House also said Sunday. “The international community will not recognize the results of a poll administered under threats of violence and intimidation from a Russian military intervention that violates international law.”

In addition, U.S. officials warned that any Russian moves on east and south Ukraine would be a grave escalation requiring additional responses.

Secretary of State John Kerry called on Moscow to return its troops in Crimea to their bases, pull back forces from the Ukraine border, halt incitement in eastern Ukraine and support the political reforms in Ukraine that would protect ethnic Russians, Russian speakers and others in the former Soviet republic that Russia says it is concerned about.

Obama had already talked twice by phone to Putin, saying his movements in Crimea are in violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty, words the White House said he repeated Sunday.

Putin says he is trying to protect his country’s economic and other interests in the region...



http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/03/16/polls-close-crimea-as-us-preempts-results-by-calling-them-coherence-by-russia/



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Wake me up when Russia attacks a U.S interest
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